Determining the Amount of Free Space on a Drive

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Determining the Amount of Free Space on a Drive

Document ID: IR10072

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The information in this article applies to:

• AutoPlay Media Studio 5.0 Professional Edition

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SUMMARY

This article describes how to determine if the user has a sufficient amount of free space on their system.

DISCUSSION

When installing software to a user's system, it is useful to ensure that the user's system has enough free space on their hard drive to accommodate the software.

To accomplish this in AutoPlay Media Studio 5.0, insert the following code into any event in your application:

--space required, in megabytes


space_required = 253





--get free space on the user's system (c:\ drive)


space_available = Drive.GetFreeSpace("C:");





--compare free space available to free space required


if space_required > space_available then


     Dialog.Message("","You are "..(space_required - space_available).." MB short");


else


     Dialog.Message("","You have "..(space_available - space_required).." MB more than you need");


end

Please note that the variable space_required must be set by you. 253 is an arbitrary number.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information please see the following topics in the AutoPlay Media Studio 5.0 help file:

• Program Reference | Actions | Drive | Drive.GetFreeSpace

KEYWORDS: AutoPlay Media Studio 5.0, Drive, Free Space, Required

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Last reviewed: October 3, 2003
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